SMALLPOX IN ILLINOIS . L _ State Board 0 ! Health Has the Situation Well in Hand . &amp;gt; A Number ol Cases in Hamilton County—Disease Is Widely Scattered in the State 0 ! Illinois . ; Springfield , 111 ., March 3 . —The state board 01 health is advised of fourteen or fifteen cases of smallpox at Mace1 donia , a village in Hamilton county . • J ) r . H . S . Baker , of Jacksonville , in- • spector of the board , has been sent to I Macedonia to inquire into the situation and arrange for the control of the contagion . Dr . J . C . Sullivani of Cairo , a member of the board has been di- . reeled to proceed to Dongola , Union . county , where from twenty-five to thirty cases of smallpox are said to exist . 1 One hundred and eighty cases of • smallpox distributed among forty-live 1 localities in thirty-four counties , were - reported to the state board of health during February . Many cases are . probably not reported . Yet the health . authorities are gratified by the improvement ...

EASY TO BUY FURNITURE . How the A . 4 W . Co . Helps the People to Be Happy . The A . &amp;amp; W . Furniture Co . is becoming one of the most popular firms in the twin cities . These are the reasons for such popularity : First . They trust the people—selling goods on weekly or monthly payments Many a home has been made jriSfe pleasant and beautiful with some piece of furniture , carpet or stoverwithoul drawing on the [ bank accotuft or missing the money paid out . J Second . They please / the peopleaiming always \ o gb / e satisfaction Moreover , theirlstocsK , which is ne ^ and up-to-date , consists of everything to furnish a housexjfroni kitchen to parlor—stoves carpets , lace curtains , dishes and furniture . Third . They help the people—selling goods at tho lowest prices . The combined purchasing power o ) their eight stores enables them to buj their goods at jobbers prices . Consequently they sell as cheap on pay ments as you can ordinarily buy foi cash . They give 10 per ...

Our stock of WALL PAPER is in a class by itself . You cannot make comparisons with other stocks in this part of the state , because there is no similar one . We have Paper that is unusual in quality , design | fh d distinctiveness , a selection of all that is best in all of this year s papers . There is pleasure and profit m picking from such a stock , especially nnhen you get p / ices that cannot be beaten elsewhere . We want you to know that we tah / e pleasure in showing you paper . PHARMACISTS KflOWltOFI ^ ^ t BOHHOtt 135 137 Main Street &amp;gt; Mm Good Goods at Right Prices I NoOlherGoodsat Any Price . 1 Prosperous J Times . I That s what we are enjoying now , and now is the time to buy DIAMONDS . It is just like buying gold doUars , and when hard times come your Diamonds are just as good as money in the bank . It is a good investment and you get the use of your money every day . Come and talk . with us and TRY US FOR DIAMONDS . T $ jpmim $ / Lsere / / I 0 PP 0 SFTE HOTEL ...

ODDEST OF ALL FADS . Lovmm ol Out Day Scofc «» Have Their Picture * on Tuelr Swenthearts Shoo * . It 1 » * aid that the fiusMonahl * gdrl of t h * present day oarri &amp;lt;&amp;gt;* the picture of the youi ^ r man she lo v «» iu her sho « , and the secret ot her heart may , therefore , he learned by looking- at her feet . There is nothing- occult about It- Hypnotism , uiontnl t-elefpiuthy and things -of tluvt sort « ire not concerned . Jf the girl is up to Cxte , all yon h « . v » to do is to look at her feet , for there you will see the picture of the happy man , say * the Chicago Ch . ronicle , She wears it lathe buckteof her slipper , so th . at the be &amp;amp; t tame to learn the truth is when she is at u . dance- At a function of the kind in Wlssnhickon recently ft haJMoeEik of the girls hod their sweet-heart * at their feet , which , according- to arrnatory tradition , is right and proper . When the minia-tttre fctd orig-iiui . t * d the modish girls ? were . ple...

FOR SALE ! —T ... ONE OF THE FINEST ... Residence Lots IN THE PITY . Midway between University and business . ienter of Urbana ... Near public schools and churche ^ . Good neighborhood , and a beautiful place for a home . .. Lot 66 x 120 feet ... Lays with a gentle $ lope , giving good drainagef . An ideal location for retired farmer .- Price is Cheap iff Taken Soon . - i ¦ i - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - APP ^ Y at this office ,

( ECONOMY ! l I IS THE FIRST LAW OF SUCCESS . j 5 To economize In small things every day is a surer way than to waft for •* . * t tho occasional large Item . $ 1 GROCERIES YOU USE EVERY DAY . } 2 ^^ Here is a chance for daily economy . AVe have the largest and best &amp;lt; ^ I I £ Vk 7 £ selected stock of Groceries in the twin cities , and wo are selling at prices VsT ** St 6 ISSw which are below what some stores pay for their goods . b « k 3 i ? #£ Sse : i . 8 * , v &amp;gt; x — X O V JW * Call and see us or telephone and let us tell you all about It . Both A . « k X 0 lllff phones . Goods delivered to any part of the two cities or at any railway sta- vfcH * - *****¦ . tion in the county free of delivery charges . -WH J $ GIVE US A TRIAL (| RQMR AND BE COVINCED . I I nitnJ / h hi ic * o I k At Hidy s Old Stand . ill * UK T Ol I ^ A Champaign , # linois . § C &amp;gt;* 04 l &amp;gt; fO * C &amp;gt;«&amp;lt; H » 0 + 0 + (&amp;gt;«&amp;gt;* 0 + 0 * 0 *...

1 A Knight of the Highway I neeing any nook there that took his ; fancy , and beiiifr attracted by t h e ! woodland beyond the meadow , he j loitered towards it along a clearly j defined path that ran parallel to the I fence for some distance and then j 1 swerved obliquely to meet an opening in the forest . As he neared the wood , lie discovered that the ground fell nway quite abruptly , and at the base j of the declivity near the pap in the I trees ( this proved to be the entrance to an old logging-road ) was the . most crystal of springs shaded by a gigantic willow . Beneath this had been , placed a rustic scat . j Jove : he exclaimed , Ive hit I upon it this time ! There was a glass upon a Hat stone i at the brink of the spring , and Kossiter refreshed himself with a deep draught from the cool well-head . Then he took possession of the seat , ! tried several positions , and finally leaned back with a sigh of satisfaction . It had been days since he had | read a line of print , an...